"Alias" (2001) TV series 2001-2006

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Creator:

J.J. Abrams

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Release Date:

30 September 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

Plot:

Sydney Bristow is an international spy recruited out of college and trained for espionage and self-defense.

Plot Keywords:

CIA | Double Agent | College | Secret Agent | Espionage

Awards:

Won Golden Globe. Another 19 wins & 100 nominations

Cast

Jennifer Garner	...	Sydney Bristow (105 episodes, 2001-2006)
Ron Rifkin	...	Arvin Sloane (105 episodes, 2001-2006)
Carl Lumbly	...	Marcus Dixon (105 episodes, 2001-2006)
Kevin Weisman	...	Marshall Flinkman (105 episodes, 2001-2006)
Victor Garber	...	Jack Bristow (105 episodes, 2001-2006)
Michael Vartan	...	Michael Vaughn (96 episodes, 2001-2006)
Greg Grunberg	...	Eric Weiss (68 episodes, 2001-2006)
David Anders	...	Julian Sark (56 episodes, 2002-2006)
Merrin Dungey	...	Francie Calfo / ... (48 episodes, 2001-2006)
Bradley Cooper	...	Will Tippin (46 episodes, 2001-2006)

Runtime:

42 min (105 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

Bulgarian | English | Arabic | Cantonese | French | German | Hebrew | Hindi | Hungarian | Indonesian | Italian | Japanese | Portuguese | Romanian | Russian | Spanish | Thai | Ukrainian | Uzbek | Dutch

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Brazil:14 | Netherlands:12 | Singapore:NC-16 (season 5) | Finland:K-15 (DVD) (2004) | New Zealand:M (season 5) | Hungary:16 | South Korea:15 (season 5) | South Korea:18 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Germany:16 | Singapore:PG | UK:15 (DVD rating) | USA:TV-14

Filming Locations:

1731 N. Sycamore Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Touchstone Television

Trivia:

Although it was never mentioned in the show, Merrin Dungey has said that Francie's restaurant was called "Deep Inside."

Goofs:

Errors in geography: In Season 3, Sloane's office supposed to be in Zürich, Switzerland. The exterior shot right after the "Zürich" insert is a famous building in Budapest, Hungary, on the Astoria Square. The shot is borrowed from another film, Spy Game (2001), where Budapest played Berlin. (In Season 5, when the plot moves to Hungary, another shot was used, which is correctly in Hungary - Bem rakpart, the coast of Danube in Budapest).

Quotes:

Arvin Sloane: No! Do you think this is what this is about? Immortality? You bought the rumor, you simple-minded dilettante! The mystery, the true secrets of these creations will always be kept from you... the unworthy!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006)

Soundtrack:

Alias Theme

Who says MTV is dead?

Holy crap, this is the worst piece of s*** i've seen in a long time.

The network just finished season 2 of 24 and then started sending Alias. Oh boy does it suck compared to 24, and Days of our lives and Jenny Jones doesn't look too shabby if you compare it to Alias.

What really annoys me is that she goes to do her thing unarmed. Who the hell goes on a covert mission knowing that all the people are there to kill you and you don't even have a frigging slingshot!?! The fights are just stupid, if you're in a life-or-death-fight, you don't open yourself up to getting tumbled to the ground, shot or stabbed, you try to kill the other one as fast as possible. It's even more unrealistic than A-Team ffs!!

But what REALLY takes the cake, is the constant popular music being thrown in your face. Whatever chance there ever were of anyone trying to tell a story or convey an emotion gets completely hammered by all that stupid-ass music. Someone should tell them that a bit of silence could help build S U S P E N S E !!!!! For crying out load, playing Sinead O'Connors no mans woman after she blew something up is just pathetic.

It's not a tv-show about an agent, it's a music video. And frankly, MTV does it better.